Cyberjihad

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Jihad (Muslim holy war) conducted by means of computers and the Internet. countable, uncountable

    "Palestinian hackers who support the al-Aqsa Intifadah have been waging a cyberjihad against Israeli government and commercial targets, defacing web sites and conducting DOS attacks."

Example

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"Palestinian hackers who support the al-Aqsa Intifadah have been waging a cyberjihad against Israeli government and commercial targets, defacing web sites and conducting DOS attacks."

Etymology

From cyber- + jihad.

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